August denhard



(No Model.)

A. D-ENHARD.

UMBRELLA HOLDER.

No. 400,064. Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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NITED STATES AUGUST DENHARD, OF BON N, GERMANY.

UMBRELLA=HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,064, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filed November 15,1888- $erial No. 290,894. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST DENHARD, of Bonn, Germany, have invented a new and Improved Umbrella-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a practical device to be worn on the person for holding an umbrella in firm vertical position, leaving the hands of the wearer entirely free and to this end my invention consists, principally, of a frame adapted to be attached to the clothing, and formed with a fastening device or projection at its upper end, combined with a clamp for grasping and firmly holding the umbrella-handle.

The invention also consists in forming the main frame of hinged sections, so that the frame, when not in use, may be folded into small compass.

The invention also consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention, showing the same holding an umbrella. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 00 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view on line 3 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side view of one part of the clamp for the umbrella-handle, and Fig. 6 is a detailed View of the upper end of the body-frame.

A represents the main body-frame. This is composed of an upright plate, a, and side plates or sections, 1) b, which are curved, as

.shown in Fig. 3, and by preference hinged to the upright plate a by hinges b b, so as to be adapted to be folded to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 when not in use. The outer end of each section b is provided with a hook, 12 adapted to engage with the suspender-buttons or with some other part of a persons clothing. The lower end of the plate a is slotted, as shown at a, and provided with a hook, (L to fasten the lower end of the plate to a staple, 0, attached to pantaloons, the sta ple passing through the slot a, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The upper end of the plate a is provided with the projection A, to receive the umbrella-holder B. This projection in this instance is made S-shaped, as shown in Fig. 3, the outer portion, cl, being formed with a slot, d, to receive the locking-piece or key e, hinged to the holder B, for locking the holder to the main frame, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and The holder B is formed with the loop f at one end to fit upon the outer part, d, of the projection A of the plate a, as shown clearly in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, and when so fitted upon the same the key 6 is turned into the slot d, thus securely fastening the holder B to the main frame A. The outer end of the holder B is provided with an upright piece, B. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) This upright piece is adapted to enter a loop, g (see Fig. 3,) formed in the clasp G, attached to the umbrella-handle H. An opening, 6, is formed at the upper end of the plate B, to receive the hook or key 6 to fasten this holder B and the clasp G securely together.

The holder B has also a direct connection with the umbrella-handle by means of the hinged hook B as shown clearly in Fig. 4. The clasp G is composed of two curved sections, g g, hinged together at one edge, g and adapted to be closed around the umbrella-handle and fastened together by the removable rod or wire g or other suitable means. It is designed that when the clasp G is attached to the handle H it shall remain there, and is therefore made small and light, so as not in any manner to interfere with the folding of the umbrella or with carrying the umbrella in the hand in the usual way.

The intermediate holder, B, is adapted to be readily detached from the clasp by simply removing the key 6 and turning the hook B and withdrawing the plate 13' from the loop g It may also be readily detached from the plate a by swinging back the key 6, so that it may be conveniently packed or carried in the pocket.

The operation of the device is obvious and needs no further description. By its use an umbrella may be conveniently attached to the body and carried, leaving it open above the head and leaving the hands free.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The umbrella-holder herein shown and described, consisting of the main body-frame A, the holder 13, attached to said frame, and the clasp G, attached to the umbrella-handle and adapted to be attached to the holder B, substantially described.

2. The bodyfralne A, formed with the upright (a and side pieces, I) I), in, combination with means for attaching the frame to the clothing, and the projection A, and means for holding the umbrella-handle, SUbSi'EUI' tially as described.

3. The upright a of the bodyframe A, adapted to hold the nmbrella,in combination with the hinged side pieces, I), and means for attaching the frame to the clothing, substantially as described.

L. The body-frame A, provided with the 0. The clasp G, comprising the two hinged' sections 9 g, one of said sections being formed with the loop g in combination with the npright piece 15', attached to a main part of the holder, substantially as described.

AUGUST DEN] IARI).

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